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Re: [Phys-l] Placebo Education




On 2011, Jul 23, , at 19:35, John Denker wrote:


that part hasn't worked out so well.

It is always thus with placebos.

Did (work well) for Bush and his cohorts.

And:


The primary, fundamental, and overarching purpose of education is
to get people to learn how to think properly. One small component
of this is learning how to recognize fallacious thinking.


Which is why, I think, the religious right, et alii rail against the above education.

bc